Most of the people who post here, regardless of age or computer experience, are too casual in their posting to even embrace the techie features that already exist, or to learn the trivial HTML codes for simple formatting. So I seriously doubt they'd put in the extra intelligence needed to effectively support geo-tagging and other such fancy features.

Advocates of "progress" always cite the potential of new technologies, while ignoring that these wonder features seldom live up to the hype. Experience has shown time and again that these features are more likely to be used to ANNOY the user base, or to complicate the user interface with doohickies, abbreviations and techiespeak. Instead of enriching our lives, they tend to just waste our time.

Advocates also ignore that each site tends to implement the same features differently, and to change their interface with annoying frequency. Lack of consistency and interface thrashing are among the most frequent complaints I hear from mature users--those who have seen enough of these "advancements" unleashed to groan when a new one is touted.

The demographic here is influenced less by the "dated" presentation than by that fact that folkies do tend to be older people. Cater to the glitz-oriented younger crowd, and you'll mainly chase away the older folks who make this site a content-rich success. We LIKE the fact that the interface is straight-forward, uncluttered, content-focused and devoid of glitz. We like that you don't have to be a techno-nerd to understand most of the features. Let us have our little oasis of sanity amid a world gone berserk with meaningless "presentation".